Rod Begbie : Data Reveals That "Occupying" Twitter Trending Topics is Harder Than it Looks! - Great analysis of how "Twitter Trends" work, with plenty of data to help ease the "CENSORSHIP!" cries of the conspiratorially-minded. [via] #

cobra libre : Delusions of peace - "'Today we take it for granted that war happens in smaller, poorer and more backward countries,' Steven Pinker writes in his new book... A sceptical reader might wonder whether the outbreak of peace in developed countries and endemic conflict in less fort#

Rod Begbie : Rethrick: The Mythical Man-Month - Behind-the-scenes look at Google Wave - more around the struggle of big teams than about the product itself.
"Instead of shaving one Yak, you're shaving the entire Yak pen at the Zoo, and pretty soon traveling to Tibet to shave foreign Yaks you've never [via] #